324 datasets found

Decision No. 2139 / QD-TTG issued by the Prime Minister to approve the National Strategy on Climate Change. The objectives of the strategy include: To promote the capacity of th...

This report highlights Laos investment in forest management and opportunities for REDD+. The report discusses the forest sector in Laos and summarises the Laos REDD+ programme. ...

Decision No. 419/QD-TTg issued by the Prime Minister to approve the National program on reducing greenhouse gas emissions through limitation of forest loss and degradation; cons...

This policy booklet provides policy recommendations on key sustainable development issues in the Mekong Region that were explored by the collaborative research projects of SUMER...

This book brings together multi-country empirical case studies that explore complexities of resource management and governance in the Mekong region, including 10 collaborative s...

The Global Climate Risk Index analyses to what extent countries have been affected by the impacts of weather-related loss events (storms, floods, heat waves etc.). Updated an...

Vietnam is experiencing increasing variability in water availability across regions and seasons. Mitigating against the impacts of such changes requires a thorough assessment of...

A series of slides from the UN-REDD program describing the REDD+ Readiness process

While REDD+ has increasingly been accepted in United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) negotiations and regional and voluntary markets for carbon offsets, ...

In August 2012, the Independent Evaluation Group of the World Bank published a review of the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF). The review revealed some serious problems...

This is a powerpoint presentation outlining the REDD+ Readiness activities organised by the UN-REDD program.

The forests of Lao PDR have dramatically diminished in recent decades. The main drivers of deforestation are changes in land use with forests being converted to agriculture, hyd...

Degradation and deforestation of the world’s tropical forests are cumulatively responsible for about 10% of net global carbon emissions. Therefore, tackling the destruction of t...

For the past decade or so, developing countries have engaged in a variety of new international initiatives aiming at improving forest management and governance. The prevailing...

Climate change adaptation; Landscape approach; Laos

A project outline for a rubber plantation in Bolikhamxay province, including overview of social and environmental issues in the project area, government policies and involvement...

Over the last decade considerable research has been conducted on the development and the impacts of large-scale economic land concession s for plantations in Laos and Cambodia.

Dr. Bantoon Setsirote, Director of the Good Governance for Social Development and the Environment Institute (GSEI), gave the following address at a training session to develop l...

This decision was issued to approve the National Action Plan on Green Growth in Vietnam (herein referred as GGAP) for the Period of 2014-2020 as outlined by the key content pre...

People's responsibility REDD plus